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ProjectStrengthening Capacity of Youth for Employment and Livelihood in Agriculture - TCP/SAM/3603 2020
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No results found.Approximately 80 percent of the population of Samoa resides in rural areas, yet the contribution of the agriculture sector to the national gross domestic product (GDP) is relatively low. While agriculture accounted for around 50 percent of the GDP in 1980, this contribution decreased to less than 10 percent by 2013. In contrast, remittances accounted for 18.2 percent of the GDP in 2011. The 2009 Agriculture Census found that 15 786 of the 23 164 households surveyed were agriculturally active. However, only half of these agriculturally active households derived some income from their produce, with the remainder of households producing purely for the purpose of consumption. In addition, an estimated 37 300 ha was being used for agriculture at the time of the census, representing 57 percent of the total agricultural land. More generally, 82 percent of agricultural production value is generated from crops. Only 24 percent of the value added to products, however, is achieved through commercial agriculture, with subsistence farming accounting for most of the value-added products in the sector. In Samoa, there are five crops that account for 76 percent of production value. These include taro, swamp taro, coconut, banana and pumpkin. Additionally, cabbage (15 percent) and tomato (3 percent) account for most of the remaining production value. Critically, shortcomings in the domestic production of high-value horticultural crops contributes to the high cost of both local and imported vegetables compared to substitute foods. This in turn, contributes to the Samoan population’s high dependence on purchasing imported foods, which is estimated to account for over 70 percent of their diets. As a result, there are high consumption rates of prepared and convenience foods that contain high levels of salt, sugar and saturated fat, which contribute to poor nutrition and obesity. Despite the existing challenges, the agriculture sector has been at the forefront of economic growth in Samoa and remains crucial to national food security, income generation and export potential. Therefore, the vision for the Agriculture Sector Plan 2011–2016 focused on “Agriculture for Food and Income Security” and was guided by the “farming and fishing first” theme. In particular, two of the key areas that have been explored are improved fruit tree development and value addition for selected crops. -
ProjectDeveloping Capacity for Implementing 2019/20 Lao PDR Agricultural Census - TCP/LAO/3701 2022
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No results found.The Lao People's Democratic Republic is one of Southeast Asia's smallest countries, with a population of 7 2 million in 2021 and a land area of 236 800 km², about two thirds of which are mountainous Despite some urbanization in recent decades, the country remains predominantly rural, with 67 percent of Lao People's Democratic Republic inhabitants residing in rural areas in 2015 down from 73 percent ten years before Agriculture's Gross Domestic Product ( share fell from 29 percent in 2010 to 16 percent in 2021 although it continues to be a large contributor to the economy, accounting for 35 8 percent of all employment in the country in 2017 The Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic recognizes that strengthening agriculture is critical towards poverty alleviation and outlines this approach in its agriculture development strategy to 2025 and its vision to 2030 with the objectives of guaranteeing food security while also establishing a more efficient and competitive agriculture sector To achieve this goal, updated baseline data, including data from an agriculture census, are required The two agricultural censuses completed in 1999 and 2011 are the only sources of reliable and complete agricultural data The censuses were then carried out in conformity with the international World Programme for the Census of Agriculture ( principles established by FAO Since the last agriculture census, staff mobility, transfer, promotion, and retirement have resulted in a loss of technical expertise. -
DocumentImproving the Capacity of Farmers to Market a Consistent Supply of Safe, Quality Food - TCP/SAM/3601 2020
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No results found.Although over 80 percent of Samoa’s population isconsidered as residing in rural areas, the contribution ofthe agriculture sector to the country’s GDP has continuedto shrink in recent years, from a proportion ofapproximately 50 percent in 1980 to 10.4 percent in 2013.The overwhelming majority of those employed in theagriculture sector are small-scale, subsistence farmers.The composition of the sector has made accurateestimation of the value of agricultural production adifficult and costly venture, while policy and planningfor the agriculture sector have become a difficultproposition. As a result, the relatively small commercialagricultural sector in Samoa has struggled to maintainits export and domestic competitiveness, with a resultantincrease in dependence upon food imports and risinghousehold consumption of high-calorie, non-traditionalfoods. This has had a significant adverse impact uponnational health and rates of Non CommunicableDiseases (NCD) in the country.
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